Data Analyst | HM Revenue and Customs | Multiple Locations

Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Stratford

Full Job Description

About this role:

This Power BI Analyst role sits within the Data Access team and is responsible for developing high-quality reports and datasets that support both internal and external stakeholders. These outputs underpin operational and regulatory reporting across the Legal Group and feed into the Legal Group Hub, enabling data lead decision making.

Person specification

• Build Power BI reports from existing datasets, selecting appropriate measures to ensure the correct results.
• Building Datasets from existing dataflow sources. Identify missing information and work collaboratively with others to address this.
• Support the peer review process to ensure quality outputs across the team.
• Provide updates and continued support for key products, such as the Legal Group Hub.
• Provide bespoke extracts of data or analysis to support briefings and data requests from Ministers, ExCom, HMRC Board and other senior-level meetings where required.
• Work closely with other analysts and senior leaders to develop the use of data to drive operational performance and create a data driven culture within Legal Group.
• You’ll be comfortable working collaboratively within a virtual team distributed across the UK.

Essential Criteria:

• Power BI Experience: You have demonstrable experience in developing insightful, user-friendly dashboards and reports using Power BI. You possess a foundational understanding of DAX and are comfortable working with data models to support analytical outputs.
• Analysis and Synthesis: You are able to use software to manipulate and analyse data. For example, merging, analysing and consolidate data using pivot tables, functions, and charts.
• Communication: You can demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills. You understand how to share insights with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Data quality assurance, validation, and linkage: You can identify appropriate ways to collect, collate and prepare data. You can decide if data is accurate and fit for purpose.
• Logical and creative thinking: You can apply logic and creativity to approach a problem.

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• PowerBI – The interview process will include a test of technical ability using dummy data to be exploited within PowerBI.
• Presentation – Confidently analysing and presenting data to stakeholders.

Benefits

• Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
• HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
• We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Pension – We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

How to Apply

After submission of the first stage of your application, you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Numerical Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences.

A 750-word Personal Statement. Your Personal Statement should be used to describe how your skills and experience would be suitable for the advertised role, making reference to the Essential Criteria and Person Specification outlined in the advert.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on your CV.

At full sift your CV, and Personal Statement, will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you will be asked behaviour-based questions to explore in detail what you are capable of, it will include a test of technical ability using dummy data to be exploited within PowerBI, and there will also be a presentation on confidently analysing and presenting data to stakeholders.

Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk – Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example – ‘Please re-open my application – [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]’.

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.

Application Process

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Application Deadline

October 10^th, 2025